Turkish Apricot & Almond Protein Bars
 
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Enjoy whopping dose of protein powder combined with almond meal and butter, bananas and coconut flour. Bake these almond protein bar and feel good knowing you're eating one of the most delicious ways to increase your protein and fibre intake at once!
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Recipe type: Baking, Bars, Snacks, High Protein Snacks
Cuisine: Gluten-free, grain-free, soy-free, wheat-free, vegetarian. Dairy-free, egg-free and vegan depending on ingredient choice.
Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • 2 ripe bananas, mashed
  • 2 eggs (or chia gel eggs for dairy-free/vegan bars)
  • ¼ cup almond butter
  • ¼ cup milk or non-dairy milk of choice
  • 1 tbsp maple syrup
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup protein powder of choice
  • ½ cup almond meal
  • ½ cup coconut flour
  • ¼ cup flax meal
  • ¼ cup shredded coconut
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • ½ cup dried apricots, roughly chopped
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 180c. Grease and line a 23cm square cake tin, put aside.
  2. In a large bowl, or the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the bananas, eggs, almond butter, maple syrup, milk and vanilla extract until well blended. In another bowl, whisk together the protein powder, almond meal, coconut flour, flax meal, shredded coconut and cinnamon.
  3. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix well until all combined. Add dried apricots and fold gently through mixture. Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until top is browned and firm and a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
  4. Allow to cool completely, then remove from tin and cut once horizontally, then cut each portion into 6 bars to make 12 bars total.
Recipe by @OmNomAlly at https://omnomally.com/2014/11/21/turkish-apricot-almond-protein-bars/